Administered alongside PRS for Music since 1997. You join PRS, you get MCPS. Pays UK mechanical royalties (physical + digital downloads + on-demand streaming).
What MCPS collects
A mechanical rights society collects mechanical royalties — money generated when a composition is reproduced, which today mostly means streams and downloads rather than physical copies.
MCPS operates in United Kingdom and collects mechanicals — UK. It was founded in 1924 and reports roughly 22,000 members.
Joining MCPS
Joining cost: Bundled with PRS membership. Royalties are distributed quarterly. An IPI number is required — that's the global identifier that ties a writer to their works, and without one your registrations can't be matched to payments.
Register directly at MCPS.
Where Davincii fits
Davincii handles registration with MCPS as part of standard onboarding — you don't file here yourself. We register your compositions, keep the data matched, and collect what MCPS pays out.
- Full name
- Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society
- Type
- Mechanical
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Collects
- mechanicals — UK
- Founded
- 1924
- Members
- 22,000
- Joining cost
- Bundled with PRS membership
- Payout frequency
- Quarterly
- IPI required
- Yes
- Website
- www.prsformusic.com/what-we-do/prs-and-mcps
Last reviewed 2026-08-03.
Related societies
- PRS for Music — PRO, United Kingdom
- PPL — Neighboring Rights, United Kingdom
- The MLC — Mechanical, United States
- HFA — Mechanical, United States
- CMRRA — Mechanical, Canada
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